On the flight to Las Vegas, Tori alludes to the college bribery scandal that came to light earlier in the year. Lori Loughlin, one of the parents involved in the scandal, played Debbie Wilson, the mother of lead characters Annie and Dixon, in 90210 (2008).
Tori Spelling and Ivan Sergei also co-starred in the Lifetime movie Mother, May I Sleep with Danger? (1996).